Fudacz CV 1
Jamie Fudacz
516 N. Lucerne Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90004
Phone: (323) 788-6108 ∙ E-Mail:
October 13, 2016
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Spanish and Portuguese
June 2012Ph.D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures
Dissertation: The Decadent City: Urban Space in Latin American Dirty Realist Fiction
Co-Chairs: Prof. Maarten Van Delden, Prof. Jorge Marturano
Areas of Specialization: Contemporary Latin American Fiction, Caribbean, Mexico, Colombia
2008M.A., Hispanic Languages and Literatures
UCLA TeachLA/California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
2004SB2024 Preliminary Single Subject Credential in English
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
2003B.A., Spanish and Latin American Studies
High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa Early Induction
Honors Thesis: Cuerpos Sucios: The Grotesque and Gender in Latin American Dirty Realism
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales/Universidad de Buenos Aires
2001Semester Abroad, Center For International Educational Exchange
Buenos Aires, Argentina
EMPLOYMENT
University of Southern California, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2014-PresentLecturer
Courses: Spanish 150
Spanish 220
Spanish 260, Advanced Spanish Arts and Sciences
From NAFTA to Narcos: Globalization In Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film (accepted Fall 2016, to be taught Spring 2016)
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2013-2014Adjunct Assistant Professor
Courses: Trends in Contemporary Latin American Fiction: McOndo, El Crack, and Dirty Realism
Structure of Literary Work
Revolution, Resistance, and Ruins: Cuban literature, 1959-present
2012-2013Visiting Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Courses: The Hispano-American City: Contemporary Literary Perspectives
Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
Structure of Literary Work
Summer 2012Lecturer
Intensive Spanish
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2009-2011Summer Teaching Associate
Spanish Language Instructor: Levels 2-3
2007-2009Teaching Associate
Spanish Language Instructor: Levels 1-5
Children Youth and Family Collaborative, Los Angeles, California
2005-2006Site Coordinator
Ran an afterschool educational enrichment program for at-risk youth in Compton, California.
Teach For America/Los Angeles Unified School District/LeConte Middle School
2003-2005Teacher, English as a Second Language (ESL)
SCHOLARLY, SERVICE, and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Fall 2016Director, Spanish Brigades Service Learning Project
Aug. 2016American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Writing Proficiency Test Certification
4/21/16Participated in the Center for Excellence in Teaching’s Best Practices in Teaching Foreign Languages - Beyond the Interpretive Mode and Reading Mangaworkshop
3/8/16Taught an Advanced Placement Spanish seminar in conjunction with the Spanish Consulate
Spring 2016Faculty Advisor Alternative Spring Break Peru
Assisted in organizing and leading a group of student volunteers on a week-long service trip to Lima, Peru
11/12/15Participated in the Center for Excellence in Teaching’s Heritage Speakers in the Classroom workshop
Nov. 2015American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency Interview Certification
10/9/15Attended BlackBoard Collaborate workshop presentation
2015-16 School yearStudent Learner Outcomes Assessment Committee member
Winter 2015-PresentLaborotorio de Escritura On-line (LEO) Writing Tutor
Spring 2015- Fall 2016Advisor for Los Feliz en Español student service learning project
Spring 2015 Participated in 4-day American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages teaching workshop
2014 - Present Hybrid High Advanced Placement Curriculum Project (HAPS) Founder
Assist Hybrid High AP Teacher in planning and curriculum development at weekly on-site meetings, organize volunteer-led writing workshops for students
2014- PresentCommittee Memberships: Basic Language Committee, Mentoring and Evaluation Committee
January 2015Film curriculum development partner with the Spanish Consulate in Los Angeles: Justin y la Espada de Valor
Spring 2014Organizing Committee Member. Coloquio internacional Espacios transnacionales en las literaturas y culturas hispánicas, Universidad de California, Los Ángeles (UCLA), 16 y 17 de mayo de 2014.
2011-2012Senior Editor, Mester, the literary journal published by the graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of UCLA
2009Co-Coordinator of Graduate Student Conference: “Dislocated Writing,” UCLA
HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
April 2016Distinguished Advising Award, USC Student Affairs Center for Service Programs
2011-2012Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA
Summer 2011 Latin American Institute Fawcett Field Research Grant, UCLA
(Research in Mexico City)
Spring 2011UC Cuba Travel Grant, University of California (Research in Havana)
Fall 2010Mellon Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, UCLA (Research in Medellín)
Spring 2010Ben and Rue Pine Travel Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA (Research in Havana and Mexico City)
2010-2011Dean’s Del Amo Fellowship, UCLA
2009-2010Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA
Summer 2009Graduate Division Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA
2008-2009Department of Spanish and Portuguese T.A. of the Year Award of Excellence, UCLA
2006-2007Dean’s Del Amo Fellowship, UCLA
2003Juan Roura Parella Prize for Curiosity and General Learning,
Wesleyan University
2003Levy-Spira Prize for Excellence in Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University
2003Mann Prize for Distinction in Romance Languages, Wesleyan University
2003High Honors in Latin American Studies and Spanish, Wesleyan University
2002Phi Beta Kappa, Early Induction
PUBLICATIONS
“Heteronormative Bias in the Spanish Language Classroom.” Pending Review.
“The Local Tourist: A Study of Guillermi Fadanelli’s Hotel DF.” Accepted for conference publication of Coloquio internacional Espacios transnacionales en las literaturas y culturas hispánicas.
“Between Place and Non-place: The Fictions of Guillermo Fadanelli.”Interférences littéraires/Literaire
interferenties13 June 2014, Special issue on space and everyday life in contemporary fiction.
“Tratar de decir lo que la gente no quiere oír: Una entrevista a Pedro Juan Gutiérrez." Mester 41 (2012): 65-75.
“Una comunidad de voyeures: una nueva mirada a Trilogía sucia de la Habana.” Katatay:
Revista crítica de literatura latinoamericana 6.8 (2010): 107-114.
“The Nature of Homosexuality in Carlos Montenegro’s Hombres sin mujer.” Ciberletras 22
(December 2009): n. pag. May 2008.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
“The Local Tourist: A Study of Guillermo Fadanelli’s Hotel DF.” Coloquio internacional Espacios transnacionales en las literaturas y culturas hispánicas, Universidad de California, Los Ángeles (UCLA), 16 y 17 de mayo de 2014.
“Travel and the ‘non-place’ in Guillermo Fadanelli’s Lodo.” Travel, XIX Annual Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference, University of California, Irvine, April 2013.
“Neo-fascism or Nostalgia: The Case of Fernando Vallejo’s Medellín.” Writing the City Political, Latin American Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, May 2012.
“Ambiguous Progress: The Role of Technology in Las Iniciales de la Tierra,” Crisis and
Opportunity in Latin America, Latin American Studies Program, UCR, Riverside,
April 2010.
“Turismo Aconsejable and Visions of the Suffering of Others,” The Itinerant Word, Department
of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles,
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Modern Languages Association
Latin American Studies Association
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese